for certain improvements in machinery for weaving single, double, and treble cloths, by hand or power.-Sealed 16th December-6 months for inrolment.

George Wilson, of Salford, machinist and engineer, for certain improvements in steam whistles, adapted for locomotive engines and boilers, and other purposes.-Sealed 16th December-6 months for inrolment.

John Wood, of Burslem, Stafford, manufacturer of mineral colours, for a new method or process in the application and laying on of the substances used in the printing, colouring, tinting, and ornamenting of china, porcelain, earthenware, and other wares of the same description, by which such wares can be painted and ornamented with flowers and other devices, in a much cheaper and more simple and expeditious manner, than by any process now in use,—and colours of all or any variety may be painted, shaded, mixed, and blended together, in one of and the same design or pattern, and hardened or burnt into the substance of the aforesaid wares, by a single process of firing or hardening in the enameling kiln.-Sealed 16th December-2 months for inrolment.

James William Thompson, of Turnstile-alley, Long Acre, upholsterer, for improvements in the construction of bedsteads, which improvements are particularly applicable to the use of invalids.-Sealed 16th December,-6 months for inrolment.

William Newman, of Birmingham, brass founder, for certain improved mechanism for roller blinds, which it is intended to denominate "Simcox and Company's Patent Blind Furniture."-Sealed 16th December-6 months for inrolment.

John Robinson, of North Shields, engineer, for an improved steering apparatus.- Sealed 16th December — 6 months for inrolment.

Joseph Gibbs, of Kennington, engineer, for an improve

ment or improvements in the machinery for preparing fibrous substances for spinning, and in the mode of spinning certain fibrous substances.-Sealed 21st December-6 months for inrolment.

George Lindsay Young, of Hackney, gentleman, for an improved surface for paper, mill or card-board, vellum, and parchment.-Sealed 21st December-6 months for inrolment.

Henry Francis Richardson, of Ironmonger-lane, gentleman, for improvements in omnibuses.-Sealed 21st December-6 months for inrolment..

John Cutts, of Manchester, machine maker, and Thomas Spencer, of the same place, mechanic, for certain improvements in the machinery or apparatus for making wire cards for carding cotton, silk, wool, and other fibrous substances. -Sealed 21st December-6 months for inrolment.

Laurence Wood Fletcher, of Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, machinist, for an improvement or improvements in the manufacture of woollen and other cloths, or fabrics, and in the application of such cloths or fabrics to various ueful purposes.-Sealed 23rd December-6 months for inrolment.

Thomas Firmstone, of Newcastle, Stafford, coal master, for improvements in the manufacture of salt.-Sealed 24th December-6 months for inrolment.

Alexander Mac Rae, of the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, for improvements in machinery for ploughing, harrowing, and other agricultural purposes, to be worked by steam or other power.-Sealed 24th December-6 months for inrolment.

Thomas Hardeman Clarke, of Birmingham, cabinet maker, for certain improved fastenings for window sashes, tables, and such like purposes.-Sealed 24th December6 months for inrolment.

CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, FOR JANUARY, 1840.